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Despite the fact that the AMA may no longer be the dominant institution it once was, it still holds tremendous lobbying power on Capitol Hill and may be able to affect crucial votes as the Clinton plan is submitted for Congressional approval...
Mark Peterson, associate professor of public policy and political science at the University of Pittsburgh, said that only about a half of American doctors now belong to the AMA and that other organizations have gained power over the last five years...
Peterson, who addressed a panel on health care at the Kennedy School on Thursday, said, "If the AMA came out with a warm endorsement of the plan, I would be very worried about the plan...
Susan L. Fruman, vice president of planning and marketing for the Boston-based group Paradigm Medical Teams, did not specifically oppose the AMA's objections. But she did say that her company "supports the fact thatsomething needs to change...
...contrast, second-year Medical School studentJoshua M. Sharfstein '91 said he sympathized withsome of the AMA's concerns...